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Trump closing in on presidency<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Trump closing in on presidency:-<\/strong> Donald Trump moved within reach of the White House on Tuesday night, capturing crucial victories over Hillary Clinton in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, a remarkable show of strength in an unexpectedly tight race for the presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Trump also battled for a breakthrough in the upper Midwest, a region that reliably backed Democrats in presidential elections for three decades. His victories left Ms. Clinton with a perilously narrow path and no margin for error in battleground states where votes were still being counted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The results are coming in for the closely fought U.S. presidential elections 2016. Here are the latest updates and tallies:<\/span><\/p>\n

12.09 p.m.: Trump bags Pennsylvania, is now just a few short of the 270 mark. Trump\u2019s stunning victory in the key battleground state gives him 264 electoral votes.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Paul Ryan spokeswoman confirms that the Republican speaker called its presidential nominee on Tuesday evening. The spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, says they had \u201ca very good conversation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She says, \u201cThe speaker congratulated Trump on his big night and also spoke with his good friend Gov. Mike Pence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

11.15 a.m.: Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway is describing the mood inside Trump Tower as \u201cbuoyant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She tells The Associated Press that the team is hopeful as results continue to roll in. A Trump victory would represent a stunning upset against his rival Hillary Clinton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thousands of his supporters are gathered in a midtown Manhattan hotel ballroom watching the results.<\/span><\/p>\n

10.52 a.m: The night is set to be long and tense in America as Trump is outperforming predictions and punditry, having already won the crucial States of Florida, North Carolina and Ohio. Mr. Trump could well be on his way to be elected the 45th President of the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

At West Side\u2019s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan supporters of Ms. Clinton are taken aback by the turn of events, which has stunned them. \u201cUnbelievable,\u201d an Indian American donor who is at the Center told The Hindu by phone. More…<\/span><\/p>\n

10.36 a.m.: Meanwhile, another news coming in. Canada immigration website appears to have crashed<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe some Americans were serious when they threatened they would move to Canada if Republican presidential candidate became successful in his often polarizing campaign for the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada’s main immigration website appeared to suffer repeated outages on Tuesday night as Trump took the lead in several major states and his prospects for winning the U.S. presidency turned markedly higher.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some users in the United States, Canada and Asia saw an internal serve error message when trying to access the http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/ website.<\/span><\/p>\n

10.27 a.m.: Trump continues his march – this time it’s Georgia and Utah. He leading with 244 against Hillary’s 209.<\/span><\/p>\n

10.25 a.m.: Meanwhile, in China, Chinese State media outlets are casting the U.S. election as the embodiment of America\u2019s democracy in crisis in contrast to China\u2019s perceived stability under authoritarian rule.<\/span><\/p>\n

The state-run Xinhua News Agency says the campaign has highlighted that, in its words, \u201cthe majority of Americans are rebelling against the U.S.\u2019s political class and financial elites.\u201d The official Communist Party newspaper People\u2019s Daily says in a commentary that the presidential election reveals an \u201cill democracy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

9.58 a.m.: Indian-American Kamala Harris scripts history, wins U.S. Senate seat from California.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Congratulations to the first Indian-American woman in the Senate \u2013 California\u2019s @KamalaHarris<\/a>! Welcome to the Congress! #USElections<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rich Verma (@USAmbIndia) November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n